If the city gets its request granted, the case will go back to the district court. Judge Shira Scheindlin who presided over the original case, was thrown off by a panel of three judges who said she was partial in the case.

Instead, the settlement will have to be approved by Judge Analisa Torres. Bloomberg cited declines in crime and in saving countless lives in the city as a result of stop-and-frisk policing.

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